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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trouble with Thinking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bird tell Alma he believes about himself?
(a) He may be the Messiah.
(b) He may be a lamed vovnik.
(c) He wants to be a priest.
(d) He wants to be a rabbi.

2. How long does Rosa watch Zvi before talking with him?
(a) Several days.
(b) Several minutes.
(c) Several hours.
(d) Several months.

3. What is unusual about Alma Mereminski's name?
(a) It is the only name in the book.
(b) All of the other names in the book are Polish.
(c) It is mentioned over one hundred times.
(d) All of the other names in the book are Spanish.

4. When Alma writes the letter to Jacob Marcus pretending to be Charlotte, who does she tell?
(a) Uncle Julian.
(b) Bird.
(c) Leo.
(d) Misha.

5. What does Leo buy?
(a) A bouquet of flowers.
(b) A new suit.
(c) A new hat.
(d) A frame.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does most of the information about Zvi come?

2. What does Alma realize about the Alma in the book?

3. What happens to the original manuscript?

4. When Leo came to America, what did he become?

5. Uncle Julian, Charlotte's brother, sent Alma her father's old Swiss Army knife, saying it helps one survive in the wilderness, and that her father was a great outdoors man. What does Alma decide to do?

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